Fish above the fray: This time of year, best action is over weeds
Jason Haberstroh
May 12, 2023
On an outing last spring, my brother and I had a blast fishing transitional weeds at Pymatuning Reservoir.
largemouth bass
A look at some top tactics for bass in the grass
Louie Stout
May 7, 2023
Up north, anglers refer to vegetation as weeds or weedbeds. Down south, and increasingly across the bass belt, anglers generically call all weedbeds “grass.” So for fun, let’s talk tactics for chasing “bass in the
Channel cats still second fiddle to bass at Ramsey Lake in Illinois
Anthony Candia
May 3, 2023
For a lake of its size, Ramsey does get a good deal of fishing pressure – probably because it is located in the center of relatively small fishing lakes in the central part of the
B.A.S.S. names ’23 Bassmaster high school all-staters, including two Minnesotans
Staff Report
April 26, 2023
Fifty-two outstanding high school anglers from across the country have been named to the 2023 Bassmaster High School All-State Fishing Team presented by Academy Sports + Outdoors.
Minnesotans on that list include Katherine Wedes,
16-year-old luremaker from Ohio making a name in business
Doug Clifford
April 26, 2023
If there had been a “Youngest Entrepreneur Award” bestowed upon a vendor at February’s National Fishing Expo in Columbus the trophy would have made the return trip to Quincy, Ohio, in the arms of Brezlyn
Ohio’s Andy Fryer claims The Bass Federation national championship
Doug Clifford
April 25, 2023
The Bass Federation (TBF) National Championship took place at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri on March 29-31. When the weigh-in concluded, Sidney, Ohio’s Andy Fryer stood tall on the victory stand where he hoisted
Bassmaster Classic contenders share their strategies
Doug Clifford
April 17, 2023
On media day at the Classic, I posed the same questions to 11 anglers on my interview list. Professional anglers have consistently identified decision making as the primary difference between them and anglers who do
Lake Wilma in Greene County, Pa. temporarily closed to fishing
Deborah Weisberg
April 7, 2023
Trout season has been canceled at Lake Wilma this spring, and the popular impoundment in Greene County is expected to remain off-limits to all fishing for the next couple of months.
CNX Resources,
Big changes coming to Illinois’ high school bass fishing series?
Ralph Loos
April 7, 2023
A pair of young anglers from deep southern Illinois accomplished quite a feat in late winter that somehow flew under most everybody’s radar.
Trevor Wilburn and Kagen Hill, both students at Century High School
